Replication - The process of producing a copy of a strand of DNA.⏎
Protozoa - A taxonomic group of single-celled microorganisms that live in almost every kind of habitat and include some pathogenic parasites of humans and other animals. ⏎
Reservoir - An organism in which a parasite that is pathogenic for some other organism lives and reproduces without harming its host.⏎
Pandemic - An increase in the occurrence of a particular disease over a very large region, such as a continent or the entire globe, that is greater than what is expected over a given period of time.⏎